The debate about what role the Lords play in Brexit is potentially based on a misunderstanding about what the upper house actually does.
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If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
Downsizing a whole chamber of parliament is a tricky move.
Will the Lords give the Investigatory Powers Bill the scrutiny it deserves?
The upper house has humiliated the government, and now there’ll be hell to pay – or will there?
It’s unfair to call Lord Adonis a political ‘Judas’. He’s a policy specialist who has always aimed for the centre ground.
The circumstances may be unique, but the disgraced peer is part of a wider problem.
Some wild ideas have been put forward for the UK’s seat of power over the years.
In a scoop worthy of its deceased predecessor, the News of the World, the Sun on Sunday ran a five-page exclusive at the weekend alleging that Lord Sewel, deputy speaker of the House of Lords, had been…
The Lords has a long history of scandal and this won’t be the last.
The UK election made an irresistible case for proportional representation, but a Conservative government is not likely to play ball. The upper house might be a compromise, though.
If they get the Lords reform they’re asking for, the Liberal Democrats might have to kiss goodbye to political influence entirely.
As we celebrate 800 years since the signing of the Magna Carta, many believe that it is time British values were clarified in a codified document for our age. The place to define them could be in a written…
Fans of The Simpsons might recall an episode entitled Mr Spritz Goes to Washington. Krusty the Clown gets elected to Congress and the family receives an education in the activities required to get things…
We’ve learnt this year that if an MP defects – particularly to UKIP – people pay attention. With their high-profile defections causing two by-elections, Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless sparked both…
The group charged with delivering more devolution to Scotland is to draw up the most significant programme of constitutional change for the UK since 1998 this November. Already the period when citizens…
It didn’t feature in the last Queen’s Speech and the chances are it won’t feature in the next one, but this government has a chance to complete the process of democratising the House of Lords that started…
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